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How to Choose the Right Tungsten Weight Size for Bass Fishing
Choosing the right tungsten weight size can make or break your presentation. This guide breaks down how to match weight to technique, depth, and...
Read article →Smallmouth vs Largemouth Bass: Different Fish, Different Weights
Smallmouth and largemouth are both “bass,” but they live in different places, feed in different ways, and reward different approaches — right down to...
Read article →Tungsten vs Lead Fishing Weights: Is Tungsten Worth It?
Walk down the tackle aisle and the same question hits every angler: a bag of lead weights costs a few bucks, and the tungsten...
Read article →How to Fish a Wacky Rig: Setup, Weight and When to Throw It
If you handed a brand-new angler one rig and told them it would catch bass anywhere in the country, it would be the wacky...
Read article →When Do Bass Spawn? Water Temperature and the Spring Timeline
“When do bass spawn?” might be the most-asked question in all of bass fishing, and for good reason: the spawn is the biggest big-fish...
Read article →Night Fishing for Bass: How Much Weight in the Dark
Some of the biggest bass of the summer get caught after the sun goes down. Night fishing beats the heat and the boat traffic,...
Read article →Fishing Laydowns, Stumps and Brush: Weights That Get Through Wood
If you fish for bass, you fish wood. Laydowns, stumps, standing timber, brush piles, dock pilings — wood cover holds fish on nearly every...
Read article →Winter Bass Fishing: Downsize and Slow Down in Cold Water
Winter is the toughest season to catch a bass and, oddly, one of the best for catching a big one. Cold water slows everything...
Read article →Spring Pre-Spawn Bass: How Your Weight Changes as They Move Up
Spring is the biggest-bass window of the year, and it's also the most fluid. As the water warms, bass leave their deep winter haunts...
Read article →Fishing Current: How Much Weight to Hold Bottom in Moving Water
Current is a great equalizer in bass fishing. Moving water — a river, a creek pulling after rain, a lake below a dam that's...
Read article →Summer Deep-Water Bass: How Much Weight to Reach Them
When the water heats up in the dog days of summer, a lot of bass do the opposite of what you'd expect: they leave...
Read article →Muddy or Clear? How Water Clarity Changes the Weight You Throw
Two lakes, the same day, the same bait — and completely different weights on the line. The reason is water clarity, and it's one...
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